I do not understand the mathematics behind the dilemma. I’m assuming only the firts chicks cost money, because down the line they will breed.
But feeding them, housing them - vitamins and doctoring costs a lot of money.
So anyone with couple or more chickens - how much does it cost to have them on the table? And realistically how many eggs do you get?
Also, places like Costco that sell $5 rotisserie chickens take a loss on them. They’re called loss leaders.
They get you in the door, and you end up spending more money on other things.
They know rotisserie chickens bring in more revenue than ad campaigns. The whole food court is a loss leader, but in Canada we get FRIES and POUTINE.
Interestingly, Princess Auto, Canada’s Harbor Freight, is now starting to install food courts.